Politics Social workers fleeing troubled foster care system Lousy pay, a toxic workplace and excessive workloads are driving away the people who serve vulnerable kids and their families. by Susanna Ray for InvestigateWest / December 7, 2016
Politics Foster parents abandoning troubled system Washington state lost nearly one in five foster homes between 2008 and 2015 amid complaints of discord and disarray. by Susanna Ray for InvestigateWest / October 27, 2016
Politics 4 fixes for Washington’s foster-care crisis Brandon Fogg, who has experience both as a foster child and foster parent, says foster care needs a celebrity champion. by Susanna Ray for InvestigateWest / September 21, 2016
Equity State’s foster system sets kids up for failure When foster children spend the night in a hotel or in a foster home that agrees to keep them for only one night at a time, they typically don’t make it to school the next day. by Susanna Ray for InvestigateWest / September 20, 2016
Politics Foster Care Crisis More than a decade after the courts ordered the state to clean up its foster care program, kids are still left rootless, vulnerable. by Susanna Ray for InvestigateWest / September 19, 2016
Now Showing: "Güeros", a lovely Mexican road movie Three amigos search Mexico City in director Alonso Ruiz Placios's award-winning film. by Rustin Thompson / June 25, 2015
Culture Viral Video: Ebullient promo for classic Beach Boys' tune Wilson's version of the West Indies folk tune hit #3 on the U.S. music charts. by Rustin Thompson / June 21, 2015
Culture Now Showing: "Love & Mercy" sending out very good vibrations Paul Dano plays the young Brian Williams by Rustin Thompson / June 18, 2015
Culture Now Showing: Nothing to care about in "Heaven Knows What" "Heaven Knows What" star Arielle Holmes by Rustin Thompson / June 11, 2015
Culture Viral Video: Louis C.K.'s "most offensive SNL monologue ever" Louis C.K. stirred the pot with his pedophile monologue on Saturday Night Live. by Rustin Thompson / June 11, 2015
